Standard input and output

We can use process to print something on the terminal, like console.log.

process.stdout.write("Hello ");
process.stdout.write("Node.js !\n");

Hello Node.js !

Example

const questions = [
    "What is your name?",
    "How old are you?",
    "What is your mother tongue?"
]

const ask = (index = 0) => {
    process.stdout.write(`${questions[index]} \n-:>`);
}

ask();

const ans = [];

process.stdin.on("data", data => {
    ans.push(data.toString().trim());

    if (ans.length < questions.length) {
        ask(ans.length);
    } else {
        process.exit();
    }
});

process.on('exit', () => {
    const [name, age, lang] = ans;
    console.log(`Hey ${name}, so you are ${age} years old and you can speak ${lang}.`)
});

Timer

const waitTime = 5000; // time is in millisecond
const waitInterval = 500;
let currentTime = 0;

const incTime = () => {
    currentTime += waitInterval;
    const pc = Math.floor(currentTime/waitTime*100);
    process.stdout.clearLine();
    process.stdout.cursorTo(0);
    process.stdout.write(`Waiting... ${pc}%`);
};

console.log(`Setting a waiting time of ${waitTime/1000} seconds.`);

const timerFinished = () => {
    clearInterval(interval);
    process.stdout.clearLine();
    process.stdout.cursorTo(0);
    console.log("Done.");
};

const interval = setInterval(incTime, waitInterval);
setTimeout(timerFinished, waitTime);